SSB 3086 (LSB 5579XC (2) 86)

SENATE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON DANIELSON)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the filing of amendments to campaign finance disclosure reports and requiring notification be provided following such a filing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 68A.402, Code 2016, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  9A.  The board may adopt rules to allow a committee to amend a disclosure report filed pursuant to this section. If the board adopts such rules, the board shall provide notice of having received an amended candidate’s committee disclosure report, by electronic means, to all other candidate’s committees designated by a candidate seeking nomination or election to the same public office within twenty-four hours of receiving the amended disclosure report.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the filing of amendments to campaign finance disclosure reports. The bill provides that the Iowa ethics and campaign disclosure board (board) may adopt rules to allow a committee to amend a filed disclosure report. Under the bill, the board is required to provide notice of receiving an amended candidate’s committee disclosure report to all other candidate’s committees designated by a candidate seeking nomination or election to the same public office. The bill requires that notice be made by electronic means within 24 hours of the board receiving the amended disclosure report.